The Lean Mindset

"The Lean Mindset" shows developers and managers how to "think beyond software," and charter teams that look more like startups than conventional software organizations. The latest book in Mary and Tom Poppendieck's pioneering series on Lean Software Development, this breakthrough guide extends concepts made popular in "Lean Startup" and "Running Lean," making those ideas even more valuable and widely applicable.The Poppendiecks:

Explain key principles driving the adoption of practices like Continuous Delivery, and show how to safely release continual flows of new defect-free software into production environment

Build on lessons learned from Kanban systems to provide mechanisms for specifying technical policies covering each step in the value stream

Present a complete chapter on building innovative organizations, including rethinking development team structure, reconciling autonomy with leadership, and conducting frugal experiments

Illuminate their ideas with impressive case studies (Ericsson, CareerBuilder, and Wikispeed)

Along the way, the authors show how advances over the "past" decade have laid the foundation for new lean principles for the "next" decade, including far better tools; new domain-specific practices that will differ radically among disciplines; and a new "value stream focus" that will reshape roles, team dynamics, and organizational structure.